First of all let us know when reservation was started? I will give the brief history of it, so that you just get an idea. Reservation was first introduced in the year 1921, by madras presidency.
Madras Presidency, also known as Madras Province and known officially as Presidency of Fort St. George, was a province of British India. At its greatest extent, Madras Presidency included much of southern India, including the present-day Indian State of Tamilnadu, the Malabar region of North Kerala, Lakshadweep Islands, the Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions of Andhra Pradesh, and the Bellary, Dakshina Kannada, and Udupi districts of Karnataka. The capital was at Madras, now known as Chennai. It introduced reservation of 44% for non-Brahmins, 16% for Brahmins, 16% for Muslims, 16% for Anglo Indians/Christians and 8% for schedule caste.
In 1935-Indian national congress passes resolution called Poona Pact to allocate separate electoral constituencies for depressed classes and.
In 1942-B.R.Ambedkar established the All India Depressed Classes federation to support the advancement of the scheduled castes. He also demanded reservations for the Scheduled castes in government services and education. like this it came into existence and now in full flow. So, this is the background of reservation.
The purpose of reservation was to bring the backward class forward and this policy was to be followed till the year where all backward classes become equal to other class. But this purpose has never been achieved. Politicians are using reservation as a tool to be in power and some community of people is encouraging...
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